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The week in space

This image obtained courtesy of MPIA / V. Ch. Quetz, shows an artist's conception of the planet PSO J318.5-22 in the constellation of Capricornus. Astronomers say they have found a lonely planet outside the solar system floating alone in space and not orbiting a star. The gaseous exoplanet, dubbed PSO J318.5-22, is just 80 light years from Earth and has a mass only six times that of Jupiter.

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The week in space

This image obtained courtesy of MPIA / V. Ch. Quetz, shows an artist's conception of the planet PSO J318.5-22 in the constellation of Capricornus. Astronomers say they have found a lonely planet outside the solar system floating alone in space and not orbiting a star. The gaseous exoplanet, dubbed PSO J318.5-22, is just 80 light years from Earth and has a mass only six times that of Jupiter. - AFP/Getty Images

An undated image released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) shows the Toby Jug Nebula, more formally known as IC 2220, and located about 1200 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Carina (The Ship's Keel). EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY / HANDOUT EPA